Northwestern State hoping to repeat history at tournament

12:44 AM,
Mar. 22, 2013

Written by

Jason Pugh
jpugh@shreveporttimes.com

NATCHITOCHES - Seven years ago, a heavily Louisiana-flavored bunch of Northwestern State Demons drew a No. 14 seed in the NCAA tournament and shocked a No. 3 seed from a power conference.

In their first trip back to the NCAA's big dance, a heavily Louisiana-flavored bunch of Demons are again a 14 seed and again will face a third-seeded, power-conference foe.

This time, NSU faces Florida tonight at 6:27 in Austin, Texas, hoping to build on the similarities that exist between the current Demons and the "Demons of Destiny," who stunned Iowa on Jermaine Wallace's corner 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds ...